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Paul Morrissey Dies: Experimental Filmmaker & Longtime Andy Warhol Collaborator Was 86
Paul Morrissey, the avant-garde filmmaker who worked on several Andy Warhol movies and managed The Velvet Underground in the mid-1960s, died October 28 at 86.
Then serving as Warhol’s business manager, Morrissey was an early driving force behind the NYC avant-rock group Velvet Underground, whose unique sound was thrilling or annoying, depending on who was asked. The group’s eponymous debut album featuring German singer and model on several tracks confounded its label, Verve Records, which shelved the disc’s release for more than a year. After his split with Warhol, Morrissey had several more movies including The Hound of the Baskervilles(1978), with Peter Cook as Sherlock Holmes and Dudley Moore as Watson, and Forty-Deuce(1982), starring Kevin Bacon in his first major big-screen role.
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